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therm (US)

therm standard definition

US therm = 100 000 BTU_IT = 1.05505585262e8 J (rulebook C.4), derived from the NIST SP 811 IT BTU. DESNZ's 2025 Conversions tab gives the consistent derived figure 1 therm = 0.105506 GJ = 29.30711 kWh. The EC therm differs at the ~1e-5 level; v0.1 uses the US therm and labels it.

Definition

Dimension
Energy
Symbols
therm
System
convention
Base factor
×105505585.262
Exactness
standard definition

Fixed by a published standard or convention (toe, therm, IT cal/BTU).

Also known as

US thermthermstherm

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Common conversions

for 1 therm
joule105,506,000J standard definition
kilojoule105,506kJ standard definition
megajoule105.506MJ standard definition
gigajoule0.105506GJ standard definition
kilowatt hour29.3071kWh standard definition
megawatt hour0.0293071MWh standard definition
British thermal unit100,000BTU standard definition
million British thermal units0.1MMBTU standard definition
tonne of oil equivalent0.00251996toe standard definition

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